[Xastir] 2 Weeks Xastir on OSX Installation problems : help!

Mon Jan 1 18:50:59 EST 2007

FYI - we'll move this off of the list.

GReg

On 1/1/07 3:49 PM, "Greg Eigsti" <greg at eigsti.com> wrote:

>> I'm really a newbie with all this stuff. I have the uncomfortable
>> impression to face a closed blackbox and not knowing what's inside
>> and with no clear instructions to understand what I'm doing.
> 
> We are all newbies at one time or another ;)
> 
>> So now I understand that I have to delete the /sw directory with:
>> sudo rm -rf /sw
> 
> I would run the Fink application and remove the ports via it.  I looked at the
> Fink application today and it lists a bunch of ports that it did not install
> so be careful to remove only those you installed with Fink.  I am completely
> uncertain how different ports (and port managers) interact with each other so
> I try to be very careful. ;)
> 
>> after that: "macports" I don't know what you mean (told you: I'm a
>> newbie)
> 
> There was once a project called "DarwinPorts" which has morphed into MacPorts
> - so the two are the same (as I understand it).  MacPorts installs ports on
> your machine - the same thing that Fink does - so it is a replacement for
> Fink.  
> 
> http://www.macports.org/
> 
> You can install the latest MacPorts manager from
> http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/downloads/DarwinPorts-1.3.2/
> 
> Grab one of the file (for instance DarwinPorts-1.3.2.tar.gz); uncompress it,
> build it and install it.  More info on installing it can be found at:
> http://trac.macports.org/projects/macports/wiki/InstallingMacPorts
> 
>> and last reinstall the n1ofz old 1.7.1 procedure with sources in my
>> PowerBook G4 (but this requires Fink!?)
>> With the indicated libs versions or the newest ones?
> 
> There are two ways (at least) you can go about getting xastir on your Mac.
> 1) Install proper ports and xastir source; build the xastir source and install
> it.
> 2) Install N1OFZ' package (pre-built xastir) and then the required ports.
> 
>> And many thanks for your proposal. With pleasure!
> 
> Let me know when you need more hints!  Probably best to just email me (not the
> xastir list) and we can work this all out.
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
>> 
>> Christian F1GWR
>> 
>> Le 1 janv. 07 à 23:16, Greg Eigsti a écrit :
>> 
>>> So, in short...  Get rid of the fink ports and re-install the macports
>>> versions.  Then install the xastir sources (try a stable snapshot
>>> at first)
>>> and see if you can configure and build.
>>> 
>>> Greg
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 1/1/07 2:04 PM, "Greg Eigsti" <greg at eigsti.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> If you look through the last month or two of emails to this list
>>>> you should be
>>>> able to cobble together enough info to get xastir building for
>>>> both PPC and
>>>> MacTel.
>>>> 
>>>> I am able to get xastir building on my G4 PowerBook but have never
>>>> been
>>>> successful on my MacTel Mac Mini (though MacTel is not a priority
>>>> for me so I
>>>> have not pursued it).
>>>> 
>>>> I noticed that N1OFZ's MacTel package was gone yesterday; too
>>>> bad.  I am going
>>>> to look on my MacTel Mac Mini when I get home to see if I have the
>>>> package
>>>> (for another hopeful xastir user).  If I have it I can make it
>>>> available to
>>>> you (I think I do).  Probably be home late tonight or tomorrow
>>>> sometime -
>>>> still holiday vacationing ;) (Laptop is with me - KD7UBJ-8 -
>>>> running latest
>>>> xastir on PPC OS X 10.4.8)
>>>> 
>>>> I can work with you to get xastir building on your PPC if you
>>>> like; its mostly
>>>> a matter of having the correct ports installed.  FYI - I use
>>>> MacPorts more
>>>> than Fink and have found some problems with Fink (besides them
>>>> being older
>>>> versions and less of them).  It seems to me that there is one Fink
>>>> port that
>>>> xastir does work better with.
>>>> 
>>>> Greg
>>>> KD7UBJ
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 1/1/07 1:48 PM, "Christian Glace" <f1gwr at free.fr> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi there!
>>>>> 
>>>>> I tried to install Xastir on 3 Macs under OSX 10.4.8 (updated):
>>>>> 
>>>>> 1- a powermac g4/450 which never had the xastir files on it. No
>>>>> problem with X11 and N1OFZ's package "Xastir_ppc.dmg". Xastir loads
>>>>> and shows up.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 2- a mac mini intel monocore with new disk format and system install
>>>>> (with X11 install checked)
>>>>> 2.1- the link to get the "intel" package is broken in http://
>>>>> n1ofz.connares.org/software/Xastir.
>>>>> 2.2- so I also tried to install it from source following the 1.7.1
>>>>> version instructions at:
>>>>> http://n1ofz.connares.org/software/Xastir_old
>>>>> Eventually some of these libraries show up "outdated" in
>>>>> FinkCommander.
>>>>> Gdal and gdal-dev are *not* included in the FinkCommander list (only
>>>>> on this Intel install - on the G4 these appear).
>>>>> And geotiff does not complete the ./configure:
>>>>> MacMini:~/Desktop cg$ cd libgeotiff-1.2.2
>>>>> MacMini:~/Desktop/libgeotiff-1.2.2 cg$ ./configure --prefix=/sw
>>>>> checking build system type... i386-apple-darwin8.8.1
>>>>> checking host system type... i386-apple-darwin8.8.1
>>>>> checking target system type... i386-apple-darwin8.8.1
>>>>> checking for gcc... gcc
>>>>> checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
>>>>> checking whether the C compiler works... yes
>>>>> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
>>>>> checking for suffix of executables...
>>>>> checking for suffix of object files... o
>>>>> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
>>>>> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
>>>>> checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
>>>>> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
>>>>> checking whether ln -s works... yes
>>>>> checking for ranlib... ranlib
>>>>> checking for ld -shared ... no
>>>>> checking for exp in -lm... yes
>>>>> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
>>>>> checking for egrep... grep -E
>>>>> checking for ANSI C header files... yes
>>>>> checking for sys/types.h... yes
>>>>> checking for sys/stat.h... yes
>>>>> checking for stdlib.h... yes
>>>>> checking for string.h... yes
>>>>> checking for memory.h... yes
>>>>> checking for strings.h... yes
>>>>> checking for inttypes.h... yes
>>>>> checking for stdint.h... yes
>>>>> checking for unistd.h... yes
>>>>> checking for string.h... (cached) yes
>>>>> checking for strings.h... (cached) yes
>>>>> checking for stdlib.h... (cached) yes
>>>>> checking for inflateInit_ in -lz... yes
>>>>> checking zlib.h usability... yes
>>>>> checking zlib.h presence... yes
>>>>> checking for zlib.h... yes
>>>>> checking for jinit_compress_master in -ljpeg... no
>>>>> checking for TIFFOpen in -ltiff... no
>>>>> configure: error: You will need to substantially rewrite libxtiff to
>>>>> build libgeotiff without libtiff
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 3- a powerbook G4/1.5 for which I tried several installs (took me
>>>>> one
>>>>> week). This portable computer already had an old version of X11 and
>>>>> Xastir running properly with OSX 10.3. But since I have OSX 10.4 no
>>>>> means to update it properly.
>>>>> Had to reinstall the system three times (OK it's because I got
>>>>> rid of
>>>>> some files including X11, Fink, Xastir and unexpectedly most
>>>>> probably... system related files!...) But no way: the N1OFZ's
>>>>> package
>>>>> "Xastir_ppc.dmg resulted in interrupted installation with the
>>>>> message
>>>>> like "installation errors occured - please retry."
>>>>> 
>>>>> And sadly for my application I need Xastir on the two small machines
>>>>> not the big one...
>>>>> I read and tried every thing that I found on the internet about
>>>>> X11 &
>>>>> Xastir - problems & FAQ's without success...
>>>>> Any idea ?
>>>>> Thanks in advance for your kind help,
>>>>> Best regards and 73's
>>>>> Christian F1GWR
>>>>> 
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